Table-archery.



J. MORRISON,-JR.

TABLE ARCHERY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1912.

1,075,26%. I Patentd 0ct.7, 1913.

WITNESSES I/WE/VTOR ATTORNEYS rots-,aea

. T0 all'whom z't may concern 3 JOHN MORRISON, JR, or GLENS rALLs, NEWYORK.

TA ELK-ARCHERY.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7,1913.

Application filed September 14, 1912. Serial Na-720,362. Y

Be fit known-that I, JOHN MORRISON,-

Jr., a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of Glens Falls, in the county of VVarren and State of NewYork, have in- Vented a new and Improved Table-Archery,

of which the following is a' full, clear, and

- exact description.

This invent on relates to games, and, more particularly, to tablearchery, the game be-. ing characterized by a target board of peculiarconstruction adapted to be used with a number of darts or arrows, thecoaction of the parts being such that the target will retain the dartsor arrows'when brought into engagement therewith.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a game of tablearchery made up of a target with a number of darts or arrows, the faceof the target being composed essentially of a number of relativelymovable projecting portions in the nature of bristles and the like, withwhich the end of the dart or arrow, also provided with movableprojections such as bristles or the like, is adapted to engage, theinterengagem'ent of the projecting portions of the target and the dartor arrow sewing to maintain the dart or arrow extending from the targetat the point where it struck-the same.-

It is of some importance in the production of games of this classthat'the parts used, especially those which are hurled, be of such anature that they will not injure a person who happens to be struckthereby, and the structure set forth insures such freedom from injury.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying' drawings, forming part ofthis specificaviews, and in whicht-ion, in which similar charactersofreference denote corresponding parts in all the Figure 1 is aperspective view of the target and a dart extending therefrom; Fig. 2 isa side view of a dart.

The target is made up principally of a base 1 having a large number ofprojecting elements or'portions 2 extending therefrom and coveringsubstantially the whole side thereof, the base being supported in anysuitable manner, as by means of standards 3.\

The outer ends of the movable projections 2, which may be said to be inthe na'tdre of bristles, lie closely together, the central portion 4being much darker than the surrounding portion 5, whereby the appearanceof a target with the bulls eye. is provided.

The dart or arrow comprises an element, such as a rod or stick 6, havinga number of movable projections such as bristles 7 extending from oneend the'reot',the idea being that, when the dart or arrow 6 is hurled atthe target, the interengagement of the bristles 7 with the bristles 5will maintain the parts in the position shown in Fig. l. i

The target is of very much greater superficial area than the bristle endof the dart or arrow so that any number of darts or arrows may be thrownat the target and be retained in position therein.

The game is esneciallv intended for indoor use and the darts or arrowsmay be thrown at the target with little. fear of injury to persons nearby because of the bristled end thereof. The darts may be hurled by handat the target, or they may take the form of arrows and be projected froma suitable bow;

It is, of course, obvious that the size of the target is immaterial andthat the size of the darts or arrows used is also immaterial, it beingborne in mind that the area of the target is many times greater than thearea of the end of the dart or arrow so that a large number of darts orarrows may be carried at the same time by the target.

laving thus described my' invention. I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a base suitably supported in position, one side ofthe base being provided with a large number of closely positionedprojections such as bristles, the bristles at the central portion' ofthebase being much darker than at the sur rounding portions, whereby theappearance of a target is presented, with a dart, the

provided With a large number of closely p0- sitionsd prajecting'b1'ist1'%s, the bristles being isposed substantia 1y arallel with K eachother, and having target markings JOHh E )AK thereon, and a' dart having-a number of Witnesses: projecting bristles. ANITA J Monmsox,

In testimony whereof I have signed my LAURENCE J. GALLAGHER.

name to this specification in' tiic'dof' two subscnbmg Witnesses.

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